After launching a very personal piece of writing out into the world discussing the nation’s experiences in COVID in the wake of Boris Johnson’s parties, I have been reflecting on what made that piece of writing so powerful and created so many new connections for me. With over 75k views…

This last year has been incredible in parts and extremely difficult in others. I’m an absolute magpie for new ideas and shiny things so always take a lot on, and balanced with a lot of clients, and launching the book and Be The Future, this has meant I have had…

Like the rebellious pre-teen it is I’ve been thinking all week that 25th October was a key date of some type but couldn’t for the life of me think what. Is it a birthday? An anniversary? A day I had committed to something but not put in the diary? Well…

The highs, the lows, a bit of over-excitement and a lot of emotion. As a reminder to myself for next time and to help others thinking of running a book launch, I have reflected on some of my learnings. …

Earlier this week as part of recording a podcast with Kind Community we had a chat about the digital space and whether I thought my industry (eLearning and content design) was talking about the problem of our digital impact on the environment. And you know what… we’re NOT! So it…

(and why I’m not worried) “#1 Amazon bestseller”. It must be great then, eh? To be number one amongst ALL those books. NOPE. That title has lost some meaning for me, and here’s why. Authors and publishers game the system in two ways: 1. They list the book under some obscure category with only a…

It turns out writing a book is a small part of actually writing a book. There are so many things you need to learn about/use/source/embrace when writing a book if you want to do a ’proper job’ of self-publishing it. It’s a learning curve. One I didn’t quite fully expect…

Learn from the things I learnt the hard way. What a journey. The highs, the lows. The elation, the fear. Feeling empowered, feeling like an imposter. It is a true rollercoaster of ideas, emotion, and experiences. Writing a book is a popular ambition. They say everyone has a book in…

Do you compare yourself to someone else’s 1%? Or your perceived view of their life? I have long since been an advocate of being open and authentic. To show both sides of working for yourself. Not just the Insta worthy moments. I have received many comments lately about how I…